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National Youth Survey [United States]: Wave VII, 1987 (ICPSR 6542)

Alternate Title: NYS 1987

Principal Investigator(s):Elliott, Delbert, University of Colorado. Institute of Behavioral Science

Summary:

Youth data for the seventh wave of the National Youth
Survey are contained in this collection. This research project,
designed to gain a better understanding of both conventional and
deviant types of behavior by youths, involved collecting information
from a representative sample of young people in the United States. The
first wave of this survey was conducted in 1976 (ICPSR 8375), the
second in 1977 (ICPSR 8424), the third in 1978 (ICPSR 8506), the
fourth in 1979 (ICPSR 8917), the fifth in 1980... (more info)

Youth data for the seventh wave of the National Youth
Survey are contained in this collection. This research project,
designed to gain a better understanding of both conventional and
deviant types of behavior by youths, involved collecting information
from a representative sample of young people in the United States. The
first wave of this survey was conducted in 1976 (ICPSR 8375), the
second in 1977 (ICPSR 8424), the third in 1978 (ICPSR 8506), the
fourth in 1979 (ICPSR 8917), the fifth in 1980 (ICPSR 9112), and the
sixth in 1983 (ICPSR 9948). For this wave, young adults were
interviewed in early 1987 about events and behavior occurring in
calendar year 1986, when they were 20 to 29 years of age. Data are
available on the demographic and socioeconomic status of respondents,
parents and friends, neighborhood problems, education, employment,
skills, aspirations, encouragement, normlessness, attitudes toward
deviance, exposure to delinquent peers, self-reported depression,
delinquency, drug and alcohol use, victimization, pregnancy, abortion,
use of mental health and outpatient services, violence by respondent
and acquaintances, use of controlled drugs, and sexual activity.

Methodology

Sample:
National sample of the American youth population selected
by area probability sampling.

Mode of Data Collection:
face-to-face interview

Data Source:

personal interviews

Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of
disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major
statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to
these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection: